The winners of this year’s UK Mail Awards were announced on Tuesday evening at a glittering ceremony in the Palace Suite at the Royal Gardens Hotel in London.

A record level of entries was received to the 2005 awards, which recognise and reward excellence and achievement in the UK mail industry. The panels of judges produced their shortlists a few weeks ago, and they met on Monday to make their final decisions on this year’s award winners.

The Gala Dinner evening was hosted by Frances Edmonds, herself an award-winning writer, broadcaster and entrepreneur. In front of a sell-out audience of senior mail industry executives, the awards were presented by representatives of the sponsoring companies.

This year’s UK Mail Awards winners are:

• Customer Service award, sponsored by CMS Network:
    Winner: TNT and Royal Bank of Scotland Group for their Hub & Spoke system
   

• Database Management award, sponsored by Royal Mail:
    Winner: Telewest Broadband for its Door to Door Direction product
   

• Domestic Marketing Campaign, sponsored by DHL Global Mail:
    Winner: WDMP for its post-purchase Welcome Pack for Carphone Warehouse
   

• Innovation award, sponsored by TNT Mail:
    Winner: Royal Bank of Scotland for its end-to-end downstream access solution
   

• International Marketing Campaign, sponsored by AMP Citipost:
   Winner: The Union Advertising Agency for its campaign to raise awareness of Scottish &
               Newcastle
   

• Mail Centre of the Year, sponsored by UK Mail:
    Winner: Shrewsbury Mail Centre
   

• Technology award, sponsored by Mail & Express News:
    Winner: British Forces Post Office for its creation and management of "e-bluey"
   

Triangle would like to congratulate the award winners, and to thank all those who applied, sponsored, judged and attended this year’s UK Mail Awards. Our particular thanks go to Frances Edmonds for her excellent performance in hosting the presentation evening.

The 2006 UK Mail Awards will be held in London again next year, on 7 November, with nominations open in August. Further information will appear at www.mailawards.com.

Notes for Editors:

• The 2005 event was the second annual UK Mail Awards, organised by Triangle Management Services Ltd

• Triangle also organises The Mail Show (held this year at Olympia on 1-2 November) and World Mail & Express events worldwide. Details of these events are at www.triangle.eu.com/conferences

• Further press enquiries, including requests for photographs of the Presentation Evening, should be made to Triangle’s Marketing & Media Department on 0870 950 7900 or to media@triangle.eu.com

Triangle Management Services Ltd, founded in 1984, is today the pre-eminent independent specialist management services company within the global mail, express and logistics sectors. Triangle offers the following services to clients: Recruitment, Market Research, Consultancy, Conferences and Mergers and Acquisitions - all of which focus primarily on the mail and express industry sectors.